German–English dictionary

vernebelt

Intellectually or morally blinded.

Vernebelung

(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.

vernehmen

(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).

Vernehmer

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

Vernehmung

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

verneinen

To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

Verneinung

(logic) The negation in logic.

Vernetzung

The state of being interconnected.

vernichten

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

vernichtend

Condemning.

vernichtend kritisieren

(transitive, figuratively) To strongly condemn or criticize.

vernichtend schlagen

(idiomatic, sometimes considered, vulgar, chiefly, US, Canada) To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.

vernichtende Niederlage

A heavy defeat or setback.

Vernichter

One who annihilates.

Vernichterin

That which destroys something.

vernichtet werden

(figurative) Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.

Vernichtung

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

vernickeln

(transitive) To plate with nickel.

verniedlichen

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

vernieten

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]

Vernunft

(UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

vernünftig

In a judicious manner.

Vernünftigkeit

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.

vernunftlos

Without consideration, awareness or sound judgement

Vernunftschluss

(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.

Verödung

(medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the occlusion of the lumen of a duct, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel, be it solely functional (as when squeezed by nearby mass effect or inflammation) or both structural and functional (as when clogged with thrombus, embolus, or fibrosis).

veröffentlichen

(transitive, chiefly, US) to formally introduce, as to the public

Veröffentlichung

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

veröffentlichungswürdig

Interesting enough to be reported as a news

Veronika

A en given name.

verordnen

To command by a decree.

Verordnung

An edict or law.

Verpachtung

(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

verpacken

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

Verpacker

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

Verpackerin

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation

verpackt

Having been placed in a package.

Verpackung

The materials used to pack something.

Verpackungsindustrie

The industry that produces such material.

verpassen

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

verpatzen

(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something

verpeilt

(of a person) unreliable or impractical

verpetzen

(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.

Verpetzer

One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.

verpfänden

(transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

Verpfändung

The use of property, or an existing mortgage, as security for a loan, etc.

verpfeifen

(transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

verpfeifen (Slang)

(intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.

Verpfeifer

A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.

verpflanzen

(transitive) To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

Verpflegung

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

verpflichten

To assign a duty or responsibility to; to order.

verpflichtend

Required; obligatory; mandatory.

verpflichtet

(law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

Verpflichteter

(legal, finance) The party bearing a legal obligation to another party (the obligee).

Verpflichtung

Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:

verpfuscht

Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.

Verprassen

A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

verprügeln

(transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.

Verprüglung

The pulsation of the heart.

verpuffen

(physics) To burn with intense light and heat.

Verpuffung

The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.

Verputz

Gypsum.

verputzen

To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.

verquer

(figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.

verquicken

To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.

verquirlen

(transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

Verrat

Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.

verraten

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

Verräter

A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.

Verräterin

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

verräterisch

telltale; giveaway

verrechnen

(transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.

Verrechnung

(banking, finance) A process of exchanging transaction information and authorisation through a central institution or system to complete and settle those transactions.

verreiben

(transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar.

verreisen

To travel somewhere, especially on holiday or vacation.

verreissen

(transitive, chiefly, British) To criticise harshly.

verrenken

(medicine) To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

Verrenkung

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

verrichten

(intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

verriegeln

(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

Verriegelung

A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.

verringern

To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]

Verringerung

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

verrinnend

That passes away; ephemeral. [from 14th c.]

Verrippung

(countable, uncountable) A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.

Verriss

(figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.

Verrohrung

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

verrosten

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

verrotten

(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.

verrottet

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.

Verrottung

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

verrückt

(slang) Mad, crazy, silly.

verrückt machen

(informal, literal) To cause someone to become insane.

verrückt sein (nach)

(intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.

verrückt sein nach

(slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate. [(often) with for ‘something, especially drugs’]

Verrückte

A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Verrückter

(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person. [from 1950s]

Verrücktheit

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

verrufen

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

verrühren

(transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

verrutscht

Turned or twisted to one side.

Vers

(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

versagen

(computing, slang, intransitive, by extension) Of a system: to fail.

Versager

(literally) A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly.

Versagerin

An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.

Versailles

A city, suburb of Paris and capital of Yvelines department, Île-de-France, and the former capital of France.

versammeln

(transitive) To put together.

Versammlung

A large group of people; a crowd.

Versand

Sound practical or moral judgment.

versanden

(intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).

Versandkosten

The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

versatil

(biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.

Versatzstück

(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

versauen

(ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.

versäuern

(transitive) To make sour.

versauert

Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)

versäumen

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

Versäumte

(British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in the phrase make up leeway.

versaut

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky. [from 19th c.]

verschaffen

(transitive) To acquire or obtain.

Verschafftes

That which is attained, or obtained by exertion.

Verschaffung

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.

Verschalung

That which encloses or encases.

verschämt

(archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.

verschandeln

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

verschanzen

(military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.

Verschanzung

A fortification constructed of trenches

verschärfen

(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

Verschärfung

The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

verschatten

(transitive) To shade.

Verschenkaktion

The act of giving something away for free.

verscherbeln

(transitive) To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.

verscheuchen

(transitive) To drive away, disperse.

verschicken

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Verschiebedienstmitarbeiter an einer Drehscheibe

A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.

verschieben

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

Verschiebeweg

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

Verschiebung

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

verschieden

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

verschieden sein

(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

verschiedenartig

Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.

verschiedene

Having a broad range (of different elements).

verschiedener Meinung sein

(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

verschiffen

(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.

verschimmelt

Covered with mould.

verschlacken

(transitive, Ireland, slang) To make fun of; to take the piss (tease, ridicule or mock).

verschlafen

Boring.

verschlagen

Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.

verschlagen handeln

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.